Ooyala Holdings Inc Leadership

Alfred Ruth is a CTO/Co-Founder at Ooyala. He has worked as Editor at Internetworld Idg, Editor:Online at Dagens industri, and Journalist at Alfred Manufaktur. Alfred studied at Södertörn University.

Sean Knapp is the founder and CEO of Ascend.io. Prior to Ascend.io, Sean was a co-founder, CTO, and Chief Product Officer at Ooyala.

At Ooyala Sean played key roles in raising $120M, scaling the company to 500 employees, Ooyala's $400m+ acquisition, as well as Ooyala's subsequent acquisitions of Videoplaza and Nativ. He oversaw all Product, Engineering and Solutions, as well as defined Ooyala's product vision for their award winning analytics and video platform solutions.

Before founding Ooyala, Sean worked at Google where he was the technical lead for Google's legendary Web Search Interface team, helping that team increase Google revenues by over $1B. Sean also developed and launched iGoogle, the company's popular, customizable home page.

Sean has both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Steve Davis is a Chief Revenue Officer at Ooyala. He works or has worked as VP:APAC & Japan at Ooyala.

Michelle Tsang is a Chief Finance and Operations Officer at Touch Surgery, CFO:Digital at Digital Delivery Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer at Ooyala and is based in London, United Kingdom and Usa. She has worked as Founder and Chief Financial Officer at Boltblue International Ltd, CFO/Founder at Boltblue Communications Limite, and Chief Financial Officer at Videoplaza. Michelle studied at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) between 1992 and 1995 and The Clifton Hotel Bristol between 1990 and 1992.

Mike Nikzad is a Board Member at Curiositystream Inc, Chief Operating Officer at Ooyala, and VP:Acquisitions at Curiositystream Inc. He has worked as VP:Acquisitions at Software Acquisition Group Inc, Board Member at Software Acquisition Group Inc, and Chief Operating Officer at Syncplicity. Mike works or has worked as Chief Operating Officer at NewNet Communication Technologies and COO:Consumer & Small Business at EMC Corp. He studied at UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY.

Rags Gupta is a CCO at Ooyala.

Alfred Ruth is a CTO/Co-Founder at Ooyala. He has worked as Editor at Internetworld Idg, Editor:Online at Dagens industri, and Journalist at Alfred Manufaktur. Alfred studied at Södertörn University.

Sean Knapp is the founder and CEO of Ascend.io. Prior to Ascend.io, Sean was a co-founder, CTO, and Chief Product Officer at Ooyala.

At Ooyala Sean played key roles in raising $120M, scaling the company to 500 employees, Ooyala's $400m+ acquisition, as well as Ooyala's subsequent acquisitions of Videoplaza and Nativ. He oversaw all Product, Engineering and Solutions, as well as defined Ooyala's product vision for their award winning analytics and video platform solutions.

Before founding Ooyala, Sean worked at Google where he was the technical lead for Google's legendary Web Search Interface team, helping that team increase Google revenues by over $1B. Sean also developed and launched iGoogle, the company's popular, customizable home page.

Sean has both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University.